Alimony 1949  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, James Guilfoyle, Laurie Linde, Marie Blake, Leonid Kinskey, Ralph Graves, William Ruhl, Harry Lauter, Joseph Crehan
Kitty (Martha Vickers) has found a good money-making job: she talks wealthy men into leaving their wives and marrying her, then brings lawsuits against them (such as adultery), and wins nice alimony settlements. But, a good job is hard to keep.
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Batman and Robin 1949  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane(2) Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey, William Fawcett, Leonard Penn, Rick Vallin, Michael Whalen, Greg McClure, House Peters Jr., John Doucette, Wally West, Frank Ellis
In this 15-episode serial, Batman and Robin (Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan) must outwit the black-hooded "Wizard" who sets out to use his stolen remote-controlled device to no good. They must also periodically rescue photographer Vicki Vale (Jane Adams) from assorted perils.
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Eternally Yours 1939  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, Zasu Pitts, Broderick Crawford, Virginia Field, Eve Arden, Ralph Graves, Lionel Pape
Anita (Loretta Young) looks forward to a comfortable life when she marries wealthy, stable Don (Broderick Crawford). But when she meets a magician, "The Great Arturo" (David Niven), she falls in love with him, the two marry, and they head out on his travels around the world. Despite her new adventures, she yearns for home, and–after several years of traveling with the flirtatious magician–she decides to leave him and return to the simple life.
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Submarine 1928 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Graves, Clarence Burton, Arthur Rankin
Jack (Jack Holt) is a deep sea diver and Bob (Ralph Graves) is his best friend. The Navy buddies have trouble when Bob goes out with Jack's new wife (Dorothy Revier)–though not knowing she is Jack's wife. But the big trouble comes when a submarine sinks, in 400 feet of water off San Diego, with the crew on board. Now it's up to Jack to save the day. One of the first "disaster" films.
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That Certain Thing 1928 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Burr McIntosh, Aggie Herring, Carl Gerard, Syd Crossley, Rosalind Byrne
Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) meets and marries millionaire Andy B. Charles Jr. (Ralph Graves)–an act that leads to Andy's disinheritance by his father A.B. Charles Sr. (Burr McIntosh). With no fortune to rely on, Molly and Andy need money. They solve the problem by making box lunches and selling them from the back of their Model T Ford. The enterprise takes off and even drives his father's A.B.C. chain of restaurants out of business. By story's end, A.B. becomes Andy's junior partner, and all is forgiven.
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| 1. Alimony (1949)
2. Batman and Robin (1949)
3. Eternally Yours (1939)
4. Ladies of Leisure (1930)
5. Submarine (1928)
6. That Certain Thing (1928)
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